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April 21
Max. (April 20) 71 Mln. ...41
Precipitation last 24 houri ,00
Stream year to data 8.14
Normal 9.87 Lat yaar 8.91
Forecast: Sunday claar and warmar.
Numbar 10448
..rnkNK JENltiwa
1-ou cuii slund Horror, con-
R .,..11.. Inrlnv.
fin biuckancd ruins three
,n Germans nro n muica.
I,nd them rm" 01 J.,rD " 1 "
I"1? '-i.inii In. Tho sky
o thorn l dark with smoke
I wioke or burning homes
1 . l.. .m.i awi iirtH far.
hits new uuiii -
hunt oi mo i.i
ot 1110 vui, - - "
I nation. Out oi mo idwm
,iolls nnd bombs to rend
teur To rend and tear
,IAN FLESH an well ai atcel
bulldtnat "tone,
round them roars a great
i.. one en mo Kiini", ..
u.riH iiL'uitii. So fnr aa
. k..,i,il,-,l Hermans are con-
r.A ii I. a USELESS buttle
Erics because It was LOST
re It bciinn
n, honrls of theao Cermn
lore Ii NO HOPE of victory
kr the 0(l"s annum iiiuiii uis
ureal, ror wem mwo
?rri.tvlrr. for their mad
era have doomed them to
them llc NO FU-
br rnr tlieao name mad
in hnva decreed that Ger-
ly ahull march down Into the
kv 01 ma annnuw ui ?ir
C acaw mm i'iv u,u
lahi of tho soda that It
hi and anarchy and ruin. If
can t have uermtiny.
BY chnll have Germany
Icr in the deluge."
n that Ii left for the Gcr
neon o l to watt in iiumo
or lor me ena.
k them there Is NOT EVEN
1TV.
ty hoi been driven from
liosru ot. an manxine. oy
uvaua excesses of these
lcrs Ihnt have been TOLER-
n hv t he Gi'rmun neoDle
lh grisly 'murder factories
me noil, ann ov me uurn-
rand shooting ot 'helpless
loners, that still noes on. Ms
a yesterday, 220 political
pnen in a . conccmraiion
to In Lelpsic were aprayed
h (lamina acetone and
fried to death by their Jail'
ot even remorse for their
deeds in the face of certain'
upending punishment moves
monsters.
ERE Is no- sympathy . lor
wjc Germans as human bo-
l-ior it Is doubtful if they
mimnn Dcinus in any moa
sense ol the term
Lcinslc. after battering it
n with heavy artillery, wc
fly took the city hall, which
oral convened into an in
citadel of lust resort, and
In our soldiers entered this
sheathed Inst inner citadel
kht met their cyca that can
( be described as out of this
a.
pmo 130 nnzis, both military
Kivinnn, nnd gathered there
r oil hope was gone. They
sci a minquci, with lood
Wine. Thnn ntlnr itntlno
"aniiKing, they killed them-
Officcrft lnv nnrnmi thp
f. the position of the guns
Ihelr hands Indlcntlng that
, uuu k u lea each other at
IVCn Slunttl Tlmm mu
r'tN a in 0 n s the dead.
fn (quick-acting cyanide), as
guna, nad been used in
siranse jioct of death,
much for Gcrmanv. It l
!"" Our stomachs can
H Onlv cn m,,t. .1 4U1. .
fiinR.
1 us turn now to Japan,
IRE ainln we find no traces
T w,nt In our Innocence
p've oceu wont to term hU'
Enl.l.. ....
r" 'K at Attu, where we
MCOiimcred the strange
"0 mania for hnnilo
"US bCCIl n Inns nnH hnrrl.
!' enemies. It has reached
nt where about the only
16 evidence nf nvni-.nfl
i "7 "io part of the Japs
ii ri m citect:
II In mlltl . j-
"tun ui us are QC'
lined to die, as three mil
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B-29s Raid Japan;
Philippines Cleared;
Yanks Gain On Isle
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Prasa War Editor
Hundreds of Superforts rnked nine nirficldit on xouthcrn
Japan today In their third neutralizing raid this week on enemy
base) used in tho air-sea war which cost tho mikado 2500 planes
and 100 ships in a month against IS American warcraft.
Adm. Chester w. Nimltz announced tho one-sided naval
score as tuiik-supportcd 10th army troops cut wedges nearly a
mile deep into tho enemy's southern Oklnuwii defenses, 325 miles
south of Jnpan, and broke up fierce counterattack on nearby le
Island. '
America's other on-to-Tokyo commander, Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur, announced the central Philippines hnve been swept clean
of all organized Japuncsc resistance, freeing 0,400,000 people and
33,000 square miles.
Capture Collaborationists
Yanks driving against tho only remaining centers of resist
ance pushed 15 miles through tho swamps of Mindanao in the
south and captured three more members of tho Filipino collab
orator government at Bngulo on northern Luzon.
Today's Superfortress strike was directed against nine major
ulrflelds of Kyushu: island, ranging from Kahoya, largest naval
air station In southern Japan, to the quaintly named town of
USA. Tho Japanese Domci news agency said the nine B-20 for
mations poured demolition bombs on the airstrips from 6 a. m.
to 10.
A few hours previously these same fields sent suicide planes
In another strike against tho U. S. invasion fleet off Okinawa.
Tokyo radio, which normally employs astronomical figures for
purported American naval losses said one destroyer was sunk In
the Heroma Islands.
IS Craft Dastroyad
Nimltz said that actually only 15 U. S. craft were sunk from
March 18 to April 18. They included five destroyers (Halligan,
Bush, Colhoont Prinze, M. L. Abelc); two minccraft (Emmons,
Skylark); one destroyer-transport (Olckerson); two ammunition
ships (Hobbs Victory, Logan victory), a gunboard and four land
ing craft. ,
The 100 Nipponese ships included the supcrbattleship Yam
oto, two cruisers, ten smaller warships, 33 freighters and 54
lesser craft
Supported by Incessant naval and. land artillery fire In south
ern Okinawa tho 7th division pushed to within 200 yards of the
Yonaburo air strip on tho cast coast after a 1400 yard advance
In the first 24 hours.
BOLOGNA SEIZED
BY ftLLi IS1IE5
By LYNN HEINZERLING
ROME, April 21 m Bolog
na, first major objective of the
all-out allied offensive in north
ern Italy, fell today to troops
of the fifth and eighth armies.
Polish trooos of the . British
LONDON, Apr)! 21;-A) The . r",rlf,f. ?TI.TS?if huszysky and''the U?SoTst
division commanded by Maj.
Gen. William G. Livesay and
the 34th division under Maj.
Gen. Charles Bolte all entred
the historic Italian fortress city
on the southern edge of the Po
Berliners Fear Starvation
As Red Shells Fall in City
fear of starvation is gripping
Berliners who already are duck
ing Russian shells idling -into
Die heart of tho rolch capital,
nazl propagandists said today as
thoy exhorted every mani wo
man and child to fight to the
death.
Field kitchens are being set
up, and Transoccan's Corres
pondent Walter Fclchncr said
''Berlin is already preparing for
public mass feeding when the
Convicted Youths
Attempt Escape
SEATTLE. April 21 0PJ In
an attempted jail break, two of
tho youths convicted Thursday
of second degree murder in tho
Jail death of John Embcrg. 18,
slugged a guard on the head
with a heavy wrench as the
three sat playing cards early
today. ,
The youths, Chester Mnbc and
Donald Bcal, both 13, reiterated
that they would "never be
taken to prison alive."
The three-handed gome was
In progress about 3 a. m. when
Mobe got up for a moment,
walked behind Clifford McNcal,
Juvenile' detention officer, and
struck him on the head. Of
ficials said Mabc had concealed
the wrench In his clothing some
time yesterday as workmen re
modelled Juvenile quarters on
the sixth floor of the county
city building.
McNeal, dazed but not uncon
scious by the blow, summoned
an assistant, and the two dis
armed Mabe.
munlcations with tho outside
world cut."
Shells Falling
Fclchncr told of the first Rus
sian shells to land in Potsdamcr
Plate the Times Square of Ber
lin. .
"They landed at 2 o'clock this
afternoon," he sold. "The hor
ror-stricken people stopped and
then, having learned from ex
periences during air raids, they
dashed to the nearest shelters.
"Tho next hits were off and
life became normal again. At
the present the opinion prevails
that shells aro better than
bombs."
Population Underground
Virtually the entire popula
tion is spending most of the
time underground, he revealed,
explaining that "everybody
hopes to bo pretty safe in the
cellars.
All nuzl newspapers carried
tile same cry: "Berliners, the
eyes of the world are trained
on you. The decisive hour has
struck, the battle is raging at
our gates. Men and women keep
your nerves
Meat Shortage
Not That Bad
PORTLAND, Ore., April 21
(P) The North Portland live
stock yard, unloading Its
usual cargo of cattle, hogs
and sheep destined to slaught
er, was horrified to find an
elephant in one car.
Investigation proved the
elephant was going to a near
by amusement park.
Fighter Plane Will Fly Again
ty 11 1
muni.'"1 P a - ?r"b,A 7 w o
Pulled from th water of Upper Klamath lake, this fighter plane from tha Klamath naval
air station was hoisted onto a California Oregon Power company barga and Friday moved to
the bast, where it will be repaired. The plant, piloted by Ensign R. G. Gehrman, made a forced
landing on the lake near snow capped Pelican butte, seen in the background. The pilot was taken
aboard an amphibian plane from a life raft dropped to him by a fellow pilot (USN Photo)
valley at the foot of the Apen
nines.
With Bologna captured the
major German defense position
south of the Po river was elim
inated and the nazis once again
moved northward.
Field : Marshal Sir Harold
Alexander in a message of con
gratulations to the victorious
troops said:
"Let us keep driving forward
until the last enemy soldier has
been driven from Italy."
Refugee Ship
Sunk by Mine
MALMOE, Sweden, April 21
P) The 17,000-ton liner Pre
toria of the German East Africa
lines, loaded with refugees
bound for Copenhagen, struck
a mine south of Oresund and
sank within a few minutes early
today, reports from Denmark
said. The North German Lloyd
ship Potsdam was reported to
have reached Copenhagen safe
ly with other relugecs.
Bulletin
LONDON. April 21 W) The
Paris radio said tonight without
any confirmation that the Amer
ican and Russian forces had
joined In the Dresden district.
The Brussels radio said that
the red army had entered Dresden.
619 Four Expected to Keep
Control Over Oaks Proposal
Linkup Looms
Between Russ,
Yank Troops
LONDON, April 21 (P) The German radio said tonight the
Russians had broken into greater Berlin.
Russian tanks entered greater Berlin from the northeast, the
German broadcast said, penetrating into the Weissensee-Pankow
district.
Three hours earlier German broadcasts declared 1,500,000
Russian troops had battered into five Berlin suburbs and flanked
the capital on the southwest in a sweep within 32 miles of Amer
ican lines.
"The enemy has reached Berlin proper," said tonight's broad
cast. "Massed enemy forces have reached the outer defense ring
of Berlin and the capital proper is now in the fighting lone.
"Russian tank spearheads have reached the region of the
Weissensee-Pankow district (in northeast Berlin three miles in
side the city limits). "They were Immediately engaged." .
To the south unconfirmed re
ports said American and Russian
mm
E
DEN TALK 01
POLISH ISSUE
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
SAN FRANCISCO, April 21
(IP) The Big Four nations spon
soring the San Francisco secur
ity conference are expected by
diplomats here to keep a firm
control over amendments to the
Dumbarton Oaks proposals for
woxld-.orgaauation,-.But many
changes are due to be : made
with the agreement of the Big
Four.' " . '
The conference opening next
Wednesday will see the first
working out of the principle of
big power responsibility which
is to be written Into the world
THREE SITES EYED
WASHINGTON, April-21 (IP)
Two other places besides Klam
ath Falls are being considered
as site for a new naval rehabili
tation center, . Rep. Stockman
(R-Ore.) reported today, terming
the argument "hot." ,
Location of the center will be
decided soon, Oregon congress
men predicted. . The plan has
been under almost continuous
discussion for some time, an
aide to Senator Cordon report
ed. The navy contemplates ob
taining 300 acres of land for
the center, which would be of
temporary construction. Serv
icemen' with malaria and fil
ariasis would receive treatment
similar' to those, given at' the
Klamath Falls Marine Barracks.
The proposed new plant, if
set up at Klamath Falls, would
cost $3,367,000, Cmdr. C. H.
Crichton told the house appro
priations committee during re
cent hearings. An omnibus pub
lic works appropriation for the
navy which passed the house
this week includes funds for the
structure. '
German Elite Guards, Now Allied Prisoners. Bury
Nameless Cadavers at Belsen Concentration Camp
By WILLIAM FRYE
BELSEN, Germany, April 21
() Tho dead were getting a
burial today at this fearsome
concentration , camp ' each
nameless dead getting a ghastly
burial. . ,
No coffins or flowers, at this
funeral. No tears or well-bred
sympathy. No music.
Those naked corpses wore
hauled in trucks and dumped in
to a pit. Their pall bearers were
S3 (elite guard) men and women,
now allied prisoners.
Shouted Litany '
Their litany was the hoarse
shouts of British soldiers, sick
with disgust and fury, ordering
these marked members of Hit
ler's chosen legions about their
horrlblo task. . '
I saw Belsen Its piles of life
less dead and its aimless swarms
of living dead. Tholr great. eyeB
were Just animal lights In skin
covered skulls of famine.
Some were dying of typhus,
some of typhoid, some of tuber
culosis, but most were just dying
of starvation. Starvation the
flesh on their bodies had fed on
itself until there was no flesh
left, just skin covering bones and
the end of all hope, and nothing
left to feed on.
Cadavers Still Hope
Tragically, there is still hope
Inside these still-breathing cada
vers. As long as eyes can stare
from the bodies scattered every
where on the floors and on the
ground there is hope. Hope in
these for whom there is no hope.
They are living but they cannot
live. No food, no care can save
them. Ahead of them is nothing
nothing but that pit with the
bulldozer waiting to cover them
with earth,
Nothing well, there Is one
thing, tho knowledge that after
months of bestiality there is sud
denly, unbelievably, friendliness
and good-will among men. At
leBst they will die aware of that.
Countless thousands some
say 30(000, sortie say more died
without even that comfort, died
horrlblo deaths before the Brit
ish second army reached this
camp on the Aller river south
east of Bremen Sunday,
I saw these dead hundreds
'
and thousands lying in ditches
and against walls of drab huts
and piled in heaps, each one in
a grotesque attitude in a gro
tesque mound. Some were
clothed, but most were naked.
Their nakedness was of no ac
count because there had Jong
ceased to be anything' recogniz
ably human about them, even
before the last flicker of life dis
appeared. This is what I heard:
Josef Kramer, SS commander
of Belsen now under close ar
rest, previously commanded
Auschwitz, where children were
taken from their mothers and
burned alive, where a gas cham
ber killed thousands, where Kra
mer kept his own orchestra to
entertain him with Strauss
waltzes while abominations were
practiced under his command
outside his window.
Kind Predecessor
At Belsen Kramer's predeces
sor, also of tho SS, was kind and
considerat c prisoners had
enough to eat and proper medi
cal care, and were treated as hu-
organization itself the prin
ciple that on final decisions the
major, nations should at .all
times concur.
Quarrels Unlikely
Thus it appears unlikelv that
the United States. British. Rus
sian or Chinese delegations will
allowany 'critical differences'to
develop among themselves al
though - in - their behind-the-scenes
negotiations ' they may
have a tough time reconciling
some of their views. ' -
t irst indications were that a
spirit of high hope for success
in creating a world security sys
tem dominates those delegates
who are either already here or
on their Way.
Jan Christian Smuts, South
African prime minister and the
first major delegate to arrive,
said he had "very good expect
ations of the work we will accomplish."
i believe this is nossihlv the
most hopeful step we have
taken," he told newsmen, "and
ieei we must succeed here."
Smuts, the onlv delesate whn
played leading part in Ver
sailles, when the old League of
Nations was set up, landed at
Hamilton field late yesterday
after flying across the country
in a rtoyai airiorce plane.
RAF Sets Record
In Berlin Raids
LONDON. Anril 21 Yl
nai jviosquitos set a record for
bombing . Berlin last night, hit
ting the besieged reich capital
six times as the climax of a
day-long blitz on German rail
ways by more than 3000 planes.
Three times were the most
Berlin ever had been raided in
one night before. Last night's
attacks, made without loss of
a single aircraft, brought to 76
tne number of raids on Berlin
in the last 58 nights.
Congressmen to
View Atrocities
WASHINGTON. April 21 PI
The war department announced
today that 12 members of con
gress will be flown to Germany
within the next few days to view
evidence of nazl atrocities.
The announcement said the
legislators are going for the pur
pose of getting "at first hand a
picture of conditions Which Gen
eral Eisenhower says are almost
impossible to describe in words.
Eisenhower requested that repre
sentatives of congress make the
trip.
man beings; The vilcness began
with Kramer's arrival five
months ago.
He instituted starvation as
punishment, kept it up as a
habit. He enjoyed the shuddering
filthiness, with a lascivious lust
for dcgratlon and death, that
Belsen became.
I heard that occasionally men
starving in Belsen watched the
dying with hunger, and as soon
as they were dead, cut out their
hearts, liver and kidneys and de
voured them to sustain tneir
own vanishing lives..
: I saw SS men and women.
once the torturing, brutal guards
of this purgatory beyond imagi
nation, put to labor loading the
Domes ot tne people tney naa
killed Into trucks.. I saw them
at the pits unloading these hu
man carcasses, dragging them
through the sand and .dumping
them into a great hole half-filled
with dead. I saw these dead
dead long beyond rigor mortis
tumble limply into the vast com.
mon grave that hid. there name- base . 250 miles
lessncss forever. I Chungking
By FLORA LEWIS
WASHINGTON, April 21 (P
British Foreign Minister An
thony Eden today declared "we
are in complete agreement on
all points" after a conference
with Secretary of State Stetti
nius. The two presumably dis
cussed the attitude they will
take on' the ticklish Polish
problem at their meeting with
Soviet Foreign Commissar V.
M. Molotov, who was expected
to arrive here tonight or to
morrow. "Useful Talks"
"We had very useful discus
sions on a number of subjects,"
Eden told reporters as he
emerged from an hour and a
quarter session with Stettinius.
He would not elaborate.
Molotov s delay in Teaching
Washington has left very little
time for the Big Three to set
tle the broad range of problems
lacing them and both Eden and
Stettinius appeared to be grow
ing impatient.-
. Another nart of the hurried
international discussions taking
place here was carried on at
the White House where U. s,
ambassador to Russia .W. Ave-
rell Harrlman spent three quar
ters of an hour talking with
president miman.
Firm Refusal -
There ; was some hope that
the Bussians would back down
on : their twice-presented . de
mand that the present provi
sional government in Warsaw
be invited to San Francisco..
, (Continued on Page Two)
Chinese Destroy
Jap Spearhead
CHUNGKING. April 21 OP)-
Chinese troops, battling large
Japanese forces driving across
western Hunan province, have
destroyed enemy spearheads
within 65 miles of the U. S. 14th
air force air base at Chlhkiang.
A .Chinese high command com-
munique said today that heavy
fighting was in progress at sev
eral points In Hunan to stem the
Japanese advance on the ' air
southeast ol
patrols already were linked.
mere was no word from-of fi-
cial sources concerning the link
up. A Moscow report placed the
American and Russian patrols
2a miles apart, and the Germans
indicated the gap was about 32
miles. . . v .
Ferocious Ba fl
The battle for BeiUs- "nevrr
has been surpassed in' terocity,"
a German broadcast said. .
The llnkuD south of the rani.
tal appeared imminent, while in
the direct assault on Berlin the
Soviets by , German account
smashed into its suburbs at five
points.
By German account mam
moth Russian forces were envel.
oping Berlin from points in the
suburbs on the east, north and
southwest.- Big . soviet guns
pounded the Potsdamer platz in
the center of the doomed city
where the nazis said 3,000,000
Germans remained to wait the
final battle. -
.- Siege Arc Formed ,
...The" siege ' arc was formins
from Bemau, virtually at the
northeast boundary and just out
side the ring autobahn, to Koe-nigs-Wuesterhausen,
three miles
from the southern boundary, the
Germans said, describing the sit.
nation-in the southeast sector a'
critical; -
A London dispatch from tha
U. S. ninth army front said the
rumble of masses of Russian big
guns was:, audible in the Elbe
bridgehead; Z' where - Americans
were building up-strength for
the kill, and a -Moscow dispatch
said a massive wall of tanks per
haps unequalled in modern war.
fare "jvere crunching toward the
nazi capital, blazing from six
RAF-hight attacks; . ' v.
C Vf.MeiiMH Redoubt: :-;.-:v;
, r. "Gen. t. Eisenhower, - who pro
claimed after conference with
Field Marshal Montgomery -that
the Germans in the. west "are
now tottering, on the -threshold
(Continued on Page Two)
German General
Stotbyfonkmen
Peiain Escapes
Into Switzerland
PARIS. Am-il 21 (IP) The
newspaper Lordre, crediting pri
vate sources, said today that
Marshal Henri Petain has es
caped from Germany into Switzerland.
The article added that Pierre
Laval. Marcel Deat and other
collaborationists remained be
hind.
Simultaneously, a demand
was made by the newspaper La
Depeche that the case against
Petain be prepared and legal
machinery be set up for a swift
trial of the former head of tne
Vichy government. , - .
Chef sea House
Razed by Fire
The Roy Vaughn residence in
the Chelsea addition was entire
ly destroyed by fire at an early
hour this morning. Flames were
visible from Klamath Falls and
the sky, at 1:30 a. m., was light
ed in tnat area.
Neighbors called the county
fire department which arrived
too late to save the- Vaughn
home. No adjoining buildings
were lost, uause of the fire was
not learned. Vauahn is an em
ploye of . Pelican .Bay. Lumber
company.
WITH- THE U. S. FIRST
.ARMY, IN; GERMANY, April 21
h-) American- lantcmen snoi
high ranking German general
to death- yesterday in the Ruhr .
pocket when he and his men
ran from a house and killed a
U. ; S. soldier- with a. machine
pistol. . -. . .. -. .
The Americans were making
a .routine patrol south of Sch
mallenberg when eight Germans
burst out of the house and,
fired on them. A tankman open
ed fire with a machinegun. Be
sides the American and the Ger
man general, two of the gen
eral's fleeing men were -killed
and two others wounded. Three
escaped. - , : ;
Myrile Creek
Mill Burns Down
ROSEBURG, Ore., April 21
(IP) Fire of undiscovered ori
gin last, night completely de
stroyed the Myrtle Creek Lum
ber company mill at Myrtle
Creek with a loss estimated by
H. A. Dent, manager, at approxi
mately $250,000. The fire start
ed at 10:30 p. m., and spread
rapidly through the plant, de
stroying the sawmill, green chain
and power plant.
The planer mill and lumber
on docks escaped serious dam
age. The Roseburg fire department
was called to protect adjacent
property, arriving too late to
save the mill. .
Papa-to-Be Keeps USO Open
i Staff members were dimming the lights at the USO pre
paratory to closing one evening, when it was noticed that a
lone marine was in the telephone booth. He opened the door.
and in a soft but worried southern
drawl, asked if they, would mind
waiting while he put through- a
long-distance call. His wife was
having a baby in Washington, D. C,
and the prospective father had been
waiting since 7 o'clock to hear the
news. The staff delayed closing the
center.
Poor connections prevented the
call from coming through, but
workers tried to alleviate his wor
rv. assuring him that "everything
would be all right." With no other alternative, he went back
to the Marine Barracks to spend the night, pacing the floor
and tearing his hair, . -
Early the next morning the news came through and that
afternoon the leatherneck was at the center to Announce with
glowing pride that it was a boy! He went on to say that since
he was a tough marine baby, he should have a fitting name,
so the staff, having been in the business from' the very begin
ning, wished to name the baby. Every name on the books was
suggested, but daddy said that ho matter what the preference
of tne staff might be, ne naa a leenng mat momer win pe tne
lnrt In riaf-lrtfil i..-. ..-. ' .
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